Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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Oh Boy | AFI Fest 2012 Review

Slacker Days: Gerster’s Debut Proves that Growing Up is Hardly Black and White For his directorial debut, German director Jan-Ole Gerster serves up Oh Boy,...

A Royal Affair | AFI Fest 2012 Review

An Affair We’ll Remember: Arcel’s Elegant History Lesson a Compelling Period Piece Danish director Nikolaj Arcel brings us a sumptuous costume drama relating a remarkably...

Nairobi Half Life | AFI Fest 2012 Review

Carpe Dealer: Gitonga’s Debut Lands Distinction of Kenya’s First Oscar Submission Director David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga, mentee of Tom Tykwer, (whose One Fine Day Film workshop...

A Liar’s Autobiography | Review

A Gay Old Time: Documentary/Animation Hybrid a Loving, Original Tribute Co-directors Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, and Ben Timlett (two of which were involved with a...

The Last Step | AFI Fest 2012 Review

Stepping It Up: Mossafa Returns With a Murky Puzzle Director Ali Mosaffa returns with his sophomore feature, The Last Step (his last directorial effort was 2005’s...

Breaking

Eagles of the Republic | Review

One Flew Over the Coup’s Nest: Saleh Muddles Through...

Erupcja | Review

Sympathy Is A Knife: Charli xcx Shines In This...
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